A discussion of three factors which could make a difference in learning from television: the technology involved, the content transmitted, and the symbolic codes into which the messages are coded. (Author/HB)

Media research in the future is seen as focusing on the educational potentialities of the distinguishing qualities that cut across media in interaction with personal, social, and cultural qualities. Media research will also become better oriented toward understanding and generating theoretical constructs. (Author/STS)

Analysis of the relationship of ten characteristics to item readership revealed that page number and length of story were major determinants. (KS)

Shows that two competing daily newspapers mirror each other in the inaccuracies perceived by persons mentioned in local news stories. (KS)

Defines the "critical" approach to communications study. Assesses leading recent works in critical and institutional theory, emphasizing books available in English. Claims that scholars in mass communications must periodically address the questions raised in these publications to keep abreast and take full advantage of the critical…

Assesses the status of the movie theater business during the past seven years, which has seen major changes in production, distribution, types of theaters, seating capacity, and the general media landscape. (NKA)

Examines the current state of empirical research on religious television, discusses some of the implicit difficulties in exploring this phenomenon and its viewership, and suggests avenues for future research. (MS)

Analyzes the interviewing methods of reporter Fallaci and finds that she asks tough questions from a subjective perspective. (FL)

Discovers that religion stories tend to be longer, broader in scope, and more issue oriented than they once were. (FL)

Presents a brief overview of the history of recorded music, focusing on the dynamics between production and consumption. (JD)

Concludes that the actual malice test emerging from the "Times v. Sullivan" decision is inadequate protection against the threat of seditious libel. (FL)

Examines the life of Englishman Emerson, explains why he has been neglected, and shows that his work is antecedent to photojournalism. (FL)

Indicates that readers were in substantial agreement on their impressions of the subjects of news stories, as were other readers who viewed only the mugshots associated with those stories. Finds that these judgments correlated significantly with one another. (JD)

Reveals that 16 percent of stories carried on the United Press International A wire (which carries stories of national interest) were about women, and of these, 89 percent were hard news stories. (FL)

Concludes that large newspapers give more coverage to robust Presidents. (FL)